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The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
LooAN.s DEATH.
Why He Was Unconscious TO tho Last
Charges That He Was Given MorphiDs
Contrary to His Wishes.

why He Was Unconscious to tho Last
Charges That He Was Given Morphfps
Contrary to His Wishes.
BosToN, Jan. 2.--The Post prints the fol-
lowing special from It's Washington corres-
pondents.
There nre strange rumors tonight concerning
the immediate cause OF Senator Logan's death.
II is stated thst3tbout forty.cight hours before
he died II became evident to the physicians that
he could not last longer than few hours; that
he suffered great PAIN and that they concluded
his last moments might as well be made rs cnsy
as possible.
"At this time, SO report goes, morphine, or
some other drug having similar eject was ad.
ministereH although Senator Logan had asked
not to be given any thing which would take
from him his consciousness. He was sinking,
and could not live long, in all probability, and
he wanted to be rational till the end. Very soon
after the drug was administered, so It is report.
ed, Senator Logan became unconscious, In
which condition he remained until his death
came. Some people, in commenting upon Sena.
tor Logan's death, criticise this treatment, and
believe that II his life could not have been saved
he should have been kept conscious"
The Advertiser correspondent telegraphs
that the real cause of General Logan's
death Is receiving much attention and
adds:
THE results rs far as developed have been
rather startling In nature. II is enough to say,
however, that there Is under investigation the
oirect charge OF physician, who was an ut
tendent ut General Garfeld's bedside, that
when the doctors Of Logan knew that the latter
was sure to die, about twelve hours before the
event actually occurred, they dosed him heavily
with morphine This threw him into an uncon.
sciousness that clung to him to the last"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
BY FIRE AND FROST,
Vessel and Five of the Crew Burned-Fif-
teen Survivors Rescued In "a Badly Frozen
Condition.

Vessel and Five of the Crew Burned-Fif-
teen Survivors Rescued In Badly Frozen
Condition.
New York, Dec. ga special from st.
John, N. b., says: The two-masted steamer
Sir John, which sailed last night at half
past ten o'clock, was, two hours later,
burned just outside the harbor. The first
news was brought in by passing schooner
which saw her on fire. Searching
parties started out, and this morn
ing found the crew of twenty men
huddled together in the snow on the
rocks at Blackpoint. Their clothes were
frozen to their bodies, and they were suf-
fering terribly. They were brought to
this city on sledges. 1t was found that
five were so badly burned, including Cap
tain Purdy, the commander, that they can
not live. The fire broke out in the galley
at midnight from an overturned lamp
The flames spread so rapidly that when
the vessel was beached the pilot house,
where the Captain stood at the wheels,
was in flames. John Sinclair, the steward,
was drowned while swimming ashore. The
rest got on land by Il line carried ashore by
the Captain.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Boats and Barges Worth One Million Dol
Dollars Burned at the Wharf at Cairo.

Boats and Barges Worth Ono Milli8n Dol
Dollars Burned at the Wharf at Cairo.
CAIRO, ILL.,, Dec. 2s.-Fire at o'clock
this morning destroyed the Mississippi
Valley Transportation steamer Il. s.
Hayes and four barges, and the Anchor
Line steamer City of Natchez, while lying
at the bank. The fire is supposed to have
originated in the aft cabin of the steamer
Hayes, soon enveloping the whole boat,
burning her to the water's edge. The fire
spread to the City of Natchez, lying just
below the Hayes, and in few moments
she, too, was mass Of flames. The barges
alongside the Hayes, loaded with cotton,
soda, ash and sundries, also took fire
and were completely destroyed. Nothing
but the wrecks of the burned hulls re-
main. The City of Natchez was
built at Jeffersonville three years
ago and was valued at 100000. She was
one Of the finest boats on the Missis-
sippi. The Hayes was built by the Valley
Company five ago years and valued at
about $4,000. The loss of the Valley barges
and contents will make the loss reach
about 81 100000 A strong northwest wind
at the time of the fire held the boats into
the bank and prevented tugs from saving
the fleet. Two barges lying on the outside
of those burned were cut loose and towed
to safe harbor by tugs.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
READY FOR THE GRAVE.
Preparations for tho Funeral Of Genera
Logan.

AEepnrhtioHb IOr inc FUNERAL OF General
Logan.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29.-General Sheridan
will take charge of General Logan's funer-
al procession on Friday, and has selected
General Albert Ordway as chief of staff
Arrangements will be perfected immcdi-
ately for affording all organizations that
can reach Washington in time to partici-
pate. There will be no display in escorting
the body to the Capitol tomorrow. The
members of the Senate and House COM
mittees will meet at the residence of Sena-
tor Henderson ut IL O'Clock, where they
will take carriages and drive to Calumet
Place. They and an escort of the Grand
Army and Loyal Legion will accompany
the remains to the Capitol. The remains
of General Logan are clad for burial in
the Generals ordinary citizens dress of
black. Upon the left breast are the
badges Of the Fifteenth Army Corps, with
the legend 40 Rounds" the Grand Army
and the Loyal Legion, and upon the
lapel are the buttons Of the Grand Army
and the Loyal Legion. The remains will
be accompanied to the Capitol tomorrow
by Major Tucker, General Logan's son-in-
law; George Logan, his nephew, nd w.
b. Taylor, his secretary, who will remain
there until the funeral. This is to be done
in Difference to a sentiment of Mrs. Lo-
gan's that some members of the family
should remain near the dead until the
burial.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
CALIFORNIA FRUITS.
Tho Citrus Fair at Chicago Furnishes some
Astonishing Revelations.


Astonishing Revelations.
CHICAGO, Jan, 2.-The Citrus Fair Of
Northern and Central California, now run
ming in this city, furnished number of
revelations to fruit men. On exhibition
are watermelons, nuts, dates, oranges,
olives, lines, lemons and various kinds Of
semi-tropical fruits which ripened in open
air in December. Washington Porter,
the great fruit shipper, declared on
the opening night that the fine oranges
shown were equal to any produced in the
world. Placer County's display Of raisins
furnishes. a striking illustration of the
causes that are driving imported raisins
out of the market. Included in the exhibit
are ten boxes of raisins, similar in appear
ance. Nine boxes are California raisins.
The tenth one is the best imported five
crown Dehesa, from Spain, and experts are
challenged to pick it out There are also
shown some fine raisins faced by machinery,
far superior in appearance to any
imported article. The fruits exhibited
are from that section of the State north of
San Francisco. Sacramento is the shipping
point for the entire section. AS illustrat-
ing the growth OF the raisin industry, it is
stated that Sacramento shipped in 1884,
$3.50 pounds of raisins, and in 1885, 1,1O2,-
91O pounds. Exact figures for 1885 not at
hand, but will show an increase over 1885.
The shipments of nuts, including peanuts,
walnuts, almonds and chestnuts, have in
creased in about the same proportion since
1904
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
LAID UPON THE BIER
Upon Which Rested the Body Of
President Lincoln.
The Remains of Senator Logan Lie In
State Beneath the CapitoFs Dome.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9O.-As early rs 10
o'clock 500 persons had assembled in the
rotunda of the Capitol, although It was
not expected that the remains of Senator
Logan would be laid in state until 12 80 p.
m. At noon the crowd had swollen to
1000, and patiently awaited the arrival OF
the funeral cortege, which did not reach
the Capitol until after 1: 80. The interior
of the vast dome was tastefully draped,
and upon the spot where many who have
made their mark in American history have
lain in state, rested the bier prepared to
receive the casket containing the re-
mains of the dead Senator. The bier
is that upon which lay the re-
mains of Presidents Lincoln and Garfield,
Chief-Justice Chase and Representative
Thad Stevens. The heavy black cloth
with which it is covered was last used
on the occasion Of President Lincoln's
funeral. Deep black fringe falls from the
edge of the bier, whose somberness Is only
relieved by the narrow bands of white
which encircle 1t. Round about were
grouped masses Of floral tributes, which
filled the place with their perfumes.
AS the funeral procession approached
the east front of the Capitol, the doors of
the rotunda were opened and the assem-
blage uncovered and stood in respectful
silence The committee and honorary pail
bearers filed in, forming as they halted
double line, between which the casket was
borne to its place Of state. Then the pail
bearers retired and the spectators were
requested to withdraw. When at 2 o'clock
the doors were again opened, the lid of tho
casket had been removed, military
guards of honor fully uniform
ed and accoutered, stood at rest at
the head and foot and on either side Of the
casket, while lines of Grand Army men
were drawn up from door to door, between
which thousands of people passed to view
the remains. The President has directed
that while the remains of the late Senator
Logan are lying in State at the Capitol, the
flags on the public buildings will be dis
played at half-mast, and that they so re-
main until after the ceremony.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
Bison Almost Extinct,

MINNEAPoLIs, MINI, Dec. 29.-Wm.
Thornaday, chief taxidermist of the Ma
tional Museum at Washington City, is in
the city on his return from buffalo hunt in
the interest of the Smithsonian Institute
He said:
''The object OF our expedition was to lay up
stores for the famine in buffalo specimens
which is sure to come in year or two ut the
most. We knew, in u general way, that the
species was gradually becoming extinct, but not
till we arrived on the ground did we realize that
the expedition had been made just in the nick
OF time. There are, probably, u hundred butfa.
loes in Texas, and not more than sixty in the
Yellowstone Divide, where our hunting was
DONE So far as we could learn, there does not
appear to be any at all to the north Of that re-
gion. A large herd went north in 1893, and
have never been seen or heard from since. We
secured all told twenty-five specimens, so that
we now have fifty skulls, twenty-five skins and
sixteen skeletons"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
WrTRocK coNFEssEs.
A largo Part Of the Express swas Rcco'
cred in Lcavenworth and Kansas City.


cred in Leavenworth and Kansas City.
CHICAGO, Dec. CIV. A. Pinkcrton to-
night stated that he had secured informa-
tion as TO the whereabouts Of all the
money stolen by the Frisco train robbers.
The portion not captured in Chicago and
Leavenworth was buried in five different
States. Each Of the locations has been
designated by Wittrock but how tho in
formation was obtained from him or where
the places are, Pinkerton refuses to dis
close.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Dec 29.-Robert Pink
erton is still in the city tonight He is en-
gagged in recovering more of the stolen
money. 1t has been found that consider
able amount was distributed here among
Cooks friends in the East Bottoms, in sums
ranging from $500 to 81 900. There has now
been recovered in all about siO,0 of the
&c, 1000 which was stolen. OF this amount
22,0O0 was obtained at Leavenworth last
night. A lot Of bank notes were
found concealed in beer bottles under the
house Of John Cox, in the east bot
toms, where Cook boarded and Wittrock
stayed while here. Another portion was
found under house opposite that of Cooks
father, and Jack Cook, Oscars brother,
gave up a thousand dollars that he had.
The detectives think that dozen acquaint-
ances Of Cook and Wittrock received sums
Of money, some knowing and othersigno-
rant OF the source of the wealth. 1t is said
that over dozen Pinkerton men are here
working up the matter, and there are ru-
mors of some further arrests to be made.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
ANONYMOUS LETTERS.
why, rs Rulc, Wise Man VIII Not En-.
tire1y Dfsregard Them.

why. rs . Rule, wise Man VIII Not En-
tirely Disregard Them.
We may, as general principle, speak
with very great and deserved scorn Of
anonymous leeters; but, as rule, q wise
man will not disregard them. have
heard public man declare that he
always threw anonymous letters into the
fire without reading them. l think he
made mistake, and that it might be
possible to get some good out Of them.
The many anonymous letters received
by leading statesmen may serve to indi-
cate the drift of popular feeling and
opinion. At the present time the police
take the liveliest interest in anonymous
communications and ut no time indeed
have they disregarded them. A good
many Of the letters are obviously written
with the deliberate intention of setting
the police on false scent. But with
out doubt great deal Of valu-
able information may be obtained this
way. The case is very conceivable
where a man may be willing enough to
do service to the cause of justice or
preservation of life, without putting
himself into a dangerous position by
turning public informer. Many hints
have been given which have resulted in
important consequences; arrests have
been made, crimes have been prevented,
lives have been saved, by anonymous
writers. The letters which have seemed
the least noticeable have had the most
i'm, mt %I,<, sv,n ~
King James and the Gunpowder plot,
there have been some of special use this
way. Anonymous letters proceed from
persons who are willing to do good
turn or to do bad turn, rs the case
may be. Letters of this sort from peo-
pie willing to do good turn are in an
nconceivable minority as compared TO
letters from those willing to do had
turn. If a man has got into very seri-
GUS trouble at some time of his life,
and has gone away to begin a new
life in new place, how often it hap.
pens that the old story is raked up; the
dastardly anonymous letter has. assas.
sin-like, followed him to his new friends
or his new employers. Harry gets an
anonymous letter asking him if he
knows all about his Harriet's previous
engagement to young Dunderhead, and
if he knows how it came to be broken
off. A man of business gets mysteri-
Gus communication asking him if he
knows that his most esteemed customer
has made an application for a loan and
been refused. Few persons could have
known about the engagement OF about
the fruitless application. and one of
these persons must have been
the writer of the missive. 1t may not
have been possible to find out who has
been the writer of the anonymous let
tcr-often, no doubt, the person least
suspected. The secret is perhaps re-
vealed at last, and too late, long after
the mischief has been done, and perhaps
when both the mschief-maker and the
dupe are alike equally remote from these
sublunary interests.-London Society.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08

A PIANO with case made entirely Of
paper is recent German production.
AS described, the color is creamy
white; the tone is reported to be char
acterized by sweetness rather than
loudness; the sound emitted, unlike
the short, broken note of the ordinary
piano, being SOFT full and slightly con-
tinuous, somewhat resembling that of
the organ. This modification of tone,
which must be considered an attractive
feature, is attributed to the evenness Of
texture of the compressed paper.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
Fifteen LIVES LOST.
Railroad Authorities Refuse to Give ID,
tails of a Frightfully Fatal Collision.

Railroad Authorities Refuse to Give De-
tails of a Frightfully Fatal Collision.
GALVESTON, Jan. "A special to the
Nems from San Antonio says: 1.-THE officials
and employees Of the Southern Pacific rail-
road still refuse to give any information
regarding the collision last Friday evening
of freight train and construction train
in deep cut near DEVILS river. Twelve
or fifteen lives were lost,
nearly all the persons killed
being Mexicans. The names of
the people could not be ascertained, as the
men connected with the road refuse to
give any information whatever. Four or
five dead bodies from the wreck were
brought in last evening, and sew raj of the
manned passed through, en- route to Co.
lumbus for treatment at the railroad hos
pital. When the trains collided they
caught fire, and two cars and locomotive
were burned up. Most of the killed and
wounded received their injuries by being
burned.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
Both Killed In a Duel.

BIRMINGHAM, ALA, Dec. 2S.-News Of a
bloody Christmas tragedy in Bibb County
reached the city to-day. Robert Wood and
James Bowman had been rivals for the
heart of Miss Juliet Hasman. A short
time ago Wood and the young lady were
married, and Bowman's hatred of his sue
cessful rival became intense. The parties
met Christmas night at an entertainment,
and after Il few words between Wood and
Bowman, both drew their pistols and began
shooting AS the last cartridge was emp
tied Wood fell into the arms of his young
wife corpse and Bowman sank to the
floor mortally wounded.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08

CHICAGO, Dec. 2s.-Fred witrock, who
was arrested by the Pinkertons in connec-
tion with the express robbery in which he
is alleged to have figured as "Jim Cum.
mings," was in the coal business on West
Lake street. He appears to have been
in debt, for John Murray, coal dealer,
began an attachment to-day in the Superior
Court against him for an unpaid account
of SAG.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Dec. 2s.-Mrs. Haight,
wife of the express robber arrested here
Christmas Day. left for st. Louis tonight,
in charge Of detective. She is thought
to have aided in planning the robbery, and
to have $4,000 of the money in her pos
session.
LEAvENwoRTH, KAs., Dec. 2s.-The details
of the Pacific Express robbery, as pub
lished this morning have created much
comment here. Every party yet impl-
Gated in 1t Is q former resident Of Leaven.
worth. Weaver, Cook Witrock and Haight
were school boys here together. AS they
grew up they became wild and reckless,
and were always classed as rough charac-
ters. They were all here last summer, and
1t is believed that the robbery was planned
= Leavenworth.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08

The Supreme Court of Nebraska has
laid down ruling that will interest
pedestrians generally, at season of
the year when snow comes more rap
idly than it goes. The court decides
that a city is liable for damages when.
in consequence of its negligence in re-
moving snow from sidewalks, man
falls and Injuries himself. If the de-
cision is good law it may lead to the in
estimable blessing of the sidewalks in
at least the leading thoroughfares Of
large cities being occasionally cleared
of snow.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
rHE DAIRY.

While milk is standing for cream
TO rise, the purity of the cream, and
consequently the fine flavor and keep
ing of the butter, will be injured II the
surface of the cream is exposed freely
to air much warmer than the cream
Boston Post.
--"Onc-half the difficulty in making
good butter is the care Of the milk, and
not in the mode Of churning." says a
writer. "From the time the milk is
drawn from the COW until the cream is
ready to be used, the strictest care
should be exercised in keeping It clean
and free from exposure to odors. y
Floatcr.
1t is the opinion Of DR.. Hoskins
that there is really no true '.grain" to
butter. pure butter being homogeneous
in its texture. What is called the
"grain" is a granular appearance re-
sultings from general and equal distri-
button Of briny water, separating the
little pellets of butter that first appear
in churning.-Fleld and Farm.
Raising cows for the dairy is very
much neglected by those who should
give it their attention. No dairyman
can be successful who purchases his
fresh cows. By the use Of thoroughbred
bulls the yield of the herd can in few
years be. largely increased, while the
method OF purchasing cows rs required
admits Of no improvement whatever.-
Missouri Republican.
Butter. except in Athens, is not
known in Greece; but in the spring the
milk of sheep or goats is boiled, allowed
to sour, then put into the skin OF the
goat prepared for the purpose. Two
men take this by the neck and tail,
shake it back and forth, then pour the
milk into large wooden bowl. A thick
white foam or cream is formed; this is
sold rs butter.-Montreal Witness.
Loose boxes for cows need not be
large. They are, indeed, all the more
comfortable and neat if of large size,
say twelve feet square; but boxes seven
feet square are large enough to give
cows great comfort, little exercise, or,
least, change of position as often as
desired, a greater degree of cleanliness
than is attainable except in stanchions,
and to save much labor to the attend
ant. Corner racks and feed boxes are
best. Doors or gates should shut close
to the floor or ground, both to prevent
draughts of air reaching the COW or
young calf, and to prevent the animals
getting their feet under them when ly-
ing down.-Anaerican Dairyman.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
LOCan's Burial Casket.

UTICA, N. Y, Dec. 2S.-The order for the
casket for the late General John A. Logan
was received by an undertaking firm of
Oneida from Washington this afternoon.
1t is to be of Spanish red cedar, covered
with broadcloth and heavily draped with
the same, the drapery to be trimmed with
silk fringe and tassels. This casket will
inclose full glass air-tight copper case,
which will be tufted throughout with
cream-tinted satin, and there will be pill
low of the same material. The top Of the
case will open full length, and will also be
tufted with cream-tinted satin. The whole
is to be inclosed in a polished red cedar
outside box, with gold-plated trimmings.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08

PROF. PLNY ERIE CHASE, whose
death has just been announced, was
one of the most accomplished linguists
in the country. He could readily con-
verse in eight different languages, and
he could with little difficulty read and
write a hundred more. But he did not
give all his attention to philology. He
excelled as scientist, and received the
Magellane medal for scholarly paper
on magnetism and gravity. This
medal, by the way, was stolen from
him by burglars and never recovered.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
Showed In,

MICHIGAN CITY, IND, Jan. 2.-The pres
ent storm on the railroads is the worst in
this locality in five years. Fortunately
the weather is not very cold, or the roads
would be unable to move train. There
is over five feet Of snow on a level in ex-
posed places, while in the ravines it is
some six feet deep. The Michigan Central
had to abandon several of their passenger
trains, one at Niles, going west, and two
east-bound trains here. Three west-bound
passenger trains became stalled in drifts
five miles east of here, and it required
nearly all day with five locomotives to
bring them on to this city.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1887-01-08
Holocaust. in Alabama

MOBILE, ALA, Dec. 29-The steamboat
Bradish Johnson, used as a boarding house
ut jackson, Ala, where the West Alabama
railroad bridge is building, was burned at
ten o'clock last night. Two whites-Otis
McElroy, of Mobile, and Dan Milhouse, OF
New York-are missing; and two negroes
Lewis Adams and Ben Bush-were
drowned 1t is believed that ten others,
all negroes, perished in the flames, and ten
others drowned